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         <div class="label">16</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Parable of the Shrewd Manager</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LUK.16.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Jesus told his disciples: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.16.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So he called him in and asked him, &#8216;What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you cannot be manager any longer.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.16.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.16.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The manager said to himself, &#8216;What shall I do now? My master is taking away my job. I&#8217;m not strong enough to dig, and I&#8217;m ashamed to beg&#8212;</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.16.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I know what I&#8217;ll do so that, when I lose my job here, people will welcome me into their houses.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.16.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.16.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;So he called in each one of his master&#8217;s debtors. He asked the first, &#8216;How much do you owe my master?&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.16.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.16.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Nine hundred gallons</span></span><span class="content"> </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">16:6 </span><span class="ft">Or about 3,000 liters</span><span class="ft"> </span></span></span><span class="wj"><span class="content">of olive oil,&#8217; he replied.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.16.6"><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The manager told him, &#8216;Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it four hundred and fifty.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.16.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.16.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Then he asked the second, &#8216;And how much do you owe?&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.16.7"><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;A thousand bushels</span></span><span class="content"> </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">16:7 </span><span class="ft">Or about 30 tons</span><span class="ft"> </span></span></span><span class="wj"><span class="content">of wheat,&#8217; he replied.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.16.7"><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;He told him, &#8216;Take your bill and make it eight hundred.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.16.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.16.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.16.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.16.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.16.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.16.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches?</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.16.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else&#8217;s property, who will give you property of your own?</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.16.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.16.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.16.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.16.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.16.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">He said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts. What people value highly is detestable in God&#8217;s sight.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Additional Teachings</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.16.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.16.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the good news of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing their way into it.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.16.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the least stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.16.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.16.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Rich Man and Lazarus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.16.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.16.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.16.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.16.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and longing to eat what fell from the rich man&#8217;s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.16.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.16.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham&#8217;s side. The rich man also died and was buried.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.16.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.16.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So he called to him, &#8216;Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.16.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.16.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;But Abraham replied, &#8216;Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.16.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been set in place, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.16.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.16.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;He answered, &#8216;Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my family,</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.16.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.16.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.16.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Abraham replied, &#8216;They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.16.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.16.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;No, father Abraham,&#8217; he said, &#8216;but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.16.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.16.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;He said to him, &#8216;If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">16</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 16</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">miktam</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a literary or musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.16.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Keep me safe, my God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.16.1"><span class="content">for in you I take refuge.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.16.1"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.16.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.16.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I say to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;You are my Lord;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.16.2"><span class="content">apart from you I have no good thing.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.16.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.16.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I say of the holy people who are in the land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.16.3"><span class="content">&#8220;They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.16.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.16.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Those who run after other gods will suffer more and more.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.16.4"><span class="content">I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.16.4"><span class="content">or take up their names on my lips.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.16.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.16.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.16.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you alone are my portion and my cup;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.16.5"><span class="content">you make my lot secure.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.16.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.16.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.16.6"><span class="content">surely I have a delightful inheritance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.16.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.16.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I will praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, who counsels me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.16.7"><span class="content">even at night my heart instructs me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.16.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.16.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I keep my eyes always on the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.16.8"><span class="content">With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.16.8"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.16.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.16.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.16.9"><span class="content">my body also will rest secure,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.16.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.16.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.16.10"><span class="content">nor will you let your faithful</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">16:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">holy</span></span></span><span class="content"> one see decay.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.16.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.16.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">You make known to me the path of life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.16.11"><span class="content">you will fill me with joy in your presence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.16.11"><span class="content">with eternal pleasures at your right hand.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.26.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You will keep in perfect peace</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.26.3"><span class="content">those whose minds are steadfast,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.26.3"><span class="content">because they trust in you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.26.3"></span></div>
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